English Should be Revised

[FireIceTalon]

Why not tap one of them (living ones of course) to do this? I guess it's not a priority on many peoples plates, but I think it'd make learning this language so much easier for everyone!

Lots of people have proposed simplified phonetic systems for English orthography. The problem is not the lack of suitably talented linguists. The problem is network externalities. English is already known by over a billion people, and they are united by nothing except speaking English. The cost of altering it is enormous, and more importantly, who could possibly exert enough authority over English to change it?

-Jester

Just take a look at dialectics to see how different English is around the world. The use of words across the US alone can be mystifying.

For instance, what type of drink is Pepsi? Depending on where you're form, it's a soda, a pop, a soda pop, or (as in the Southeast US, think Georgia) a coke (note the lack of capitailization).

It's funny that you mention this. Me and my fiance constantly have the debate on what sweet, carbonated fizzy drinks should be called. She insists it is "pop", I say it should be "soda". I'm from Los Angeles, she's from Twin Falls Idaho. We will never, ever agree on what this should be called, though sometimes she slips up and accidently calls it a soda, to which I smile and say "see, you are getting it right now" before she corrects herself and calls it pop

I guess in the south everything is a coke - regardless if you are drinking root beer, sprite, coke, pepsi, or an orange soda of some type. Seems odd to me, as it would make ordering rather awkward. What do you say, I want a "sprite-coke" if you want sprite?